Hey guys. Need some insight.

1986 240 GL wagon. 215k miles. Non turbo, automatic.

I'm looking at buying a new wagon. I test drove one yesterday....drove it easy and hard for about 10 miles, got the temp up on the guage, shifted through everything.

Nice riding wagon, especially compared to my previous wagon with 414,750+ miles on her (sold it Friday night). Anyway....parked it, popped the hood and looked around for oil smoke. Found it...

Saw some blue smoke coming from the back of the engine on the drivers side. At first I thought it was maybe coming from the flame trap area, but it was behind it.....like behind the block. I couldn't see exactly where as it was down the back of the block.

What's back there? Is that where the rear cam seal is located? Could that be the culprit? Car looks well maintained, with about 200k miles on it. Runs great, shifts good, stops good, etc. but needs the flame trap cleaned out...and thought maybe that was causing the oil leak. The oil filler cap didnt suck down....kind of bounced a bit....

Would love to pick her up....but was worried about the hot oil smoke. If its something simple like the cam seal....ill pick her up.

Funny....Big Lucy with 414k miles on her never smoked...

Thanks for the help.

Chris
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Chris M. '85 245 w/ 410k+ miles